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ˈdragon-tree
The monocotyledonous tree Dracæna Draco (family Liliaceæ).
1611Cotgr., Sang de dragon..not..the bloud of a Dragon..but the Gumme of the Dragon tree opened or bruised in the dog-daies. 1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 1531. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 194 The Dragon Tree..appears to be a kind of Date Tree. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. ii. 63 note, Toothpicks steeped in the juice of the dragon-tree..for keeping the gums in a healthy state. |